How do you find the area of triangle?
I know area of a triangle equals 1/2 base*height. But is is, Base times Heighf FIRST, then halve it, or is it half of the base first, then times the height?
That statement was a bit confusing, so here’s a second one in case you don’t understand the first one:
When finding the area of a triangle, do we divide the product of the base and height FIRST? Or do we calculate half of the base first, then multiply it by the height?
Thanks in advanced!
It doesn’t matter what you do first. You can multiply in any order. For instance, let’s say our base is 5 and our height is 2. Let’s look at it done every way:
5×2= 10
10x (1/2)= 5
2x (1/2)= 1
1×5= 5
5x (1/2)= 2.5
2.5 x 2= 5
Regardless of what you multiply first, you will always end up with 5.
http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol1/area_triangle.html
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Multiply the base times the height then divide that answer by 2.
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Either way gets you the same result…
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It doesn’t matter what you do first. You can multiply in any order. For instance, let’s say our base is 5 and our height is 2. Let’s look at it done every way:
5×2= 10
10x (1/2)= 5
2x (1/2)= 1
1×5= 5
5x (1/2)= 2.5
2.5 x 2= 5
Regardless of what you multiply first, you will always end up with 5.
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multiply the base and height….then divide it by 2 (or multiply by 1/2)
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